One in three women in the EU has experienced physical or sexual violence since the age of 15. One in two women has experienced sexual harassment. Gender-based violence...
Today, the European Parliament’s committee on women’s rights and gender equality (FEMM) adopted a report drafted by S&D MEP Maria Noichl on the regulation of prostitution...
The 43rd session of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly among the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and the European Union (ACP-EU JPA) is about to kick off in...
Six years after the EU signed the Istanbul Convention; the European Union is set to finally ratify this key international legal instrument that aims to eradicate violence...
During the special external Group meeting in Krakow today, the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament adopted a proposal for an EU Charter of Women’s Rights...
The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament will join forces with our Polish social democratic party, Nowa Lewica, at an external group meeting taking place...
Today, after a plenary debate, the Parliament is set to approve an agreement with EU Ministers on new legislation on a pay transparency directive. This is the S&Ds’ long...
Six years after the EU signed the Istanbul Convention on eradicating violence against women, the socialists and democrats are urging EU governments to press ahead with...
The S&D’s long-standing demand to have strong, binding EU rules on pay transparency is finally coming true with a deal reached today by negotiators from the European...
As the UN's climate change summit has opened in Egypt, the Socialist and Democrats in the European Parliament call on global leaders to recognise the alarming signals the...